The people studied were asked to rate the attractiveness of subjects, including themselves, in selfies compared to photos of the same person taken by someone else.

External judges were then asked to rate attractiveness as well, to compare their findings with the subject’s own view of themselves.

The study, called ‘Selfie Indulgence’, found that selfie-takers and non-selfie-takers are typically as narcissistic as each other.

However, the researchers did find that selfie-takers perceived themselves as more attractive and likable in their selfies than in others’ photos, whilst non-selfie-takers tend to view both types of photo equally.

The real blow for selfie lovers came from the fact that external judges rated the subjects as less attractive, less likable, and more narcissistic in their selfies than in the photos taken by others.

Taking too many selfies makes you seem narcissistic, according to science

The researchers conclude that constant selfie-taking will stoke your ego and make you more susceptible to “self-favouring bias”, causing you to increasingly overestimate how good you look in your selfies.

Essentially, if your Facebook is littered with pouting selfies, people will think you look uglier and are less likely to warm to you.

And whilst you may prefer to upload selfies because you think you look better in them, the increased attractiveness you associate with selfies over normal photos is probably all in your head.

Taking selfies makes you seem less attractive and more self-obsessed

A team of psychologists led by Daniel Re, of the University of Toronto, conducted the study using 198 college students as their subjects.

These findings mean that, ironically, practice taking selfies actually appears to contribute to those photos being seen more negatively.

Perhaps you should think twice before you change your profile picture to yet another pouting selfie and upload a normal picture instead.